Wilson KC (Hon) OBE, Director
General of the Attorney General's Office (AGO), is pleased to
announce that Michael Padfield has been appointed Director and
Deputy Head of the AGO following an open and fair recruitment
process across the Civil Service.
Michael started his career as a commercial lawyer in the City of
London before joining the litigation team in the Treasury
Solicitor's Department in 2014.
Since then, he has worked as a lawyer in a number of roles within
the Government Legal Department, including in the Home Office and
His Majesty's Treasury, before first joining the AGO in 2020 then
becoming Head of the Domestic Law Team in 2021.
Michael was appointed General Counsel in the Prime Minister's
Office in No10 in the autumn of 2023, a role which is staffed
from AGO. Michael has been a member of the Executive Board
at AGO since 2021.
Commenting on the appointment, Wilson KC (Hon) OBE said:
I'm absolutely delighted to announce Michael as Director at the
AGO and my deputy. Michael is a great lawyer and a strong
leader who brings considerable experience of working on the
hardest legal problems in government. He is a trusted adviser to
the Law Officers and to other Ministers, and has a wide network
in No10 and across Whitehall.
I look forward to working together with Michael to support the
Law Officers and lead the AGO in making law and politics work
together at the heart of the UK constitution.
